Academic Education

2013/2014	LL.M. studies at the University of California Los Angeles - UCLA, with a focus on Entertainment, Media & Intellectual Property Law.
2013	Supplementary bar exam in Austria
2012	Bar exam in Liechtenstein
2012	ILEC Legal English
2008 - 2010	Doctoral studies in law, Leopold-Franzens University, Innsbruck, graduation summa cum laude
2004 - 2008	Diploma studies of law, Leopold-Franzens University, Innsbruck
1998 - 2003	HTL Rankweil - specialization construction technology, Matura with distinction

Professional experience

2021	Founder AMP Amann Partners Attorneys at Law, FL/CH; authorized to represent clients in AUT through the free movement of services within the EEA
2015 - 2020	Self-employed lawyer, partner at Schwärzler Attorneys at Law, FL/Zurich/Zug
2013	Attorney at law with Schwärzler Attorneys at Law, FL
2012	Judicial internship at the Regional Court of Feldkirch, AUT
2011 - 2013	Associate at Schwärzler Attorneys at Law, FL
2010 - 2011	Associate at MMMag. Dr. Franz-Josef Giesinger, Attorney at Law, AUT/FL
2010	Legal internship at the District Court of Dornbirn, AUT<
2009	Judicial internship at the Princely District Court of Vaduz, FL
2008	Internship at the Government of Vorarlberg, Bregenz, AUT
2007	Internship with Notary Dr. Fürhapter, AUT
2006	Internship with RA Mag. Bertsch, AUT

Specializations - Legal advice and representation in civil and criminal disputes in Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Austria - Capital market law, investor claims, unit-linked life insurances - Competition law, consumer protection - Trademark and copyright law - Legal tech, class actions - Asset recovery, director’s liability, insurance law, debt enforcement and bankruptcy law - Compliance, money laundering, criminal defense in white collar crime cases Memberships

Liechtenstein Bar Association

Association of Liechtenstein Criminal Defense Lawyers

Association of Certified Fraud Examiners

World Investor Lawyer Network

AIJA International Association of Young Lawyers

Publications, lectures, media appearances

2021	Video coverage of the current status of diesel-klage.at
2020/2021	Co-author of the first edition of the handbook Liechtensteinische StPO - Arrest/Investigative Detention/Investigation/Absence Proceedings, Interrogations
2020	Presentation at AIJA Commissions Month, Fraud Commission Webinar: Asset Recovery regarding Crypto Assets in Liechtenstein.
2020	Presentation at 15th WIN Meeting, Virtual: Dieselgate, Credit Suisse prospectus liability, life insurance damages, potentially fraudulent investment schemes FL/CH
2020	APA Online Press Conference current status of diesel-klage.at
2019	Lecture at the 8th OffshoreAlert Conference, London - High Value Corss-Border Asset Recovery - Liechtenstein
2019	Presentation at the 14th WIN Meeting, Iceland: dieselgate, Credit Suisse prospectus liability, life insurance damages, potentially fraudulent investment schemes
2019	VN "50 Köpfe von morgen" award
2019	Article in iusnet.ch: discussion of BGer of 08.02.2019 4A_483/2018 Verbandsklage Stiftung für Konsumentenschutz SKS / AMAG Import AG, Volkswagen AG - on decalaratory judgement actions on past violations of law by means of a representative action
2019	Contribution to the conference volume "Strafverteidigung!" - European influences on the money laundering offense and accompanying regulations in Liechtenstein
2018	Presentation at the 7th OffshoreAlert Conference, London - Enforcement in Liechtenstein, What to do when the grave has been robbed?
2018	Presentation at the 13th WIN Meeting in Bruges, Belgium - Retrocessions and their assertion against Swiss asset managers from the perspective of the latest case law of the Federal Supreme Court; Volkswagen - Assertion of claims for damages in Switzerland and Liechtenstein for vehicle owners; Investor damages regarding the capital increase at Credit Suisse.
2018	Panel discussion at the SVG-Conference Fribourg - Has the car industry gambled away or regained the trust capital of its clientele?
2018	Panel discussion at the ICC Switzerland Annual Assembly on July 09 in Zurich on the topic of VW-Dieselgate.
2018	Presentation at the 8th Three-Country Forum on Criminal Defense in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany - New Criminal Liabilities and Criminal Procedure Measures and Investigations.
2018	NZZ Law and Society - Class actions and access to justice.
2018	Plädoyer magazine - article on the possibilities and shortcomings of class actions in current Swiss law
2017	Media conference submission of a group action for damages regarding the VW emissions scandal in Zurich.
2017	Presentation at the 12th WIN Meeting in Rennes, France - retrocessions and their assertion against Swiss asset managers under the latest case law of the Federal Supreme Court; Volkswagen - assertion of claims for damages in Switzerland and Liechtenstein for vehicle owners; investor damages regarding the capital increase at Credit Suisse.
2017	Statement for the Swiss television station SRF Tagesschau regarding the manipulation of exhaust emission values for diesel engines.
2017	Media conference regarding the VW emissions scandal in Bern.
2017	Article on the admissibility of lump sum processing fees in bank loan agreements in the Austrian Jurist Newspaper.
2017	Report from the Dreiländerforum Strafverteidigung (Criminal Defense Conference of the DACH countries), Vaduz, in the Liechtenstein Lawyers' Journal
2017	Presentation at the AIJA Half Year Conference in Riga, Latvia, on class actions in the environmental field.
2017	Contribution Copyright - Liechtenstein Chapter in the International Comparative Legal Guide 2017.
2017	Contribution Trade Marks - Chapter Liechtenstein in the International Comparative Legal Guide 2017
2017	Opening speech kick-off event of the Liechtenstein Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Vaduz, Liechtenstein.
2017	Presentation at the AIJA Seminar "Digital Single Market" in Dublin, Ireland, on Cross Border Litigation in Intellectual Property Matters.
2016	Lecture at the 11th World Investor's Lawyer Network Meeting (WIN) in Dublin, Ireland on: Damages for policyholders of life insurance policies in Liechtenstein, recovery of retrocessions wrongfully withheld by Swiss banks, investor damage capital increase of Credit Suisse in autumn 2015, investor damage cases in Liechtenstein.

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